Science with the Square Kilometer Array: Motivation, Key Science Projects, Standards and Assumptions

Abstract

The Square Kilometer Array (SKA) represents the next major, and natural, step in radio astronomical facilities, providing two orders of magnitude increase in collecting area over existing telescopes. In a series of meetings, starting in Groningen, the Netherlands (August 2002) and culminating in a `science retreat' in Leiden (November 2003), the SKA International Science Advisory Committee (ISAC), conceived of, and carried-out, a complete revision of the SKA science case (to appear in New Astronomy Reviews). This preface includes: (i) general introductory material, (ii) summaries of the key science programs, and (iii) a detailed listing of standards and assumptions used in the revised science case.

6 pages, 3 tables, espcrc2.sty. to appear in Science with the square kilometer array, New Astronomy Reviews, (Elsevier, Amsterdam), eds. C. Carilli & S. Rawlings

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